Moirae
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The Moirae are the three personified goddesses of fate in Greek mythology who determine the destinies and lifespans of gods and mortals alike.
All labels observed (21)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moirai | 28 |
| Moirae canonical | 5 |
| the Moirai | 4 |
| Fates (Moirai) | 3 |
| Greek Moirai | 2 |
| The Fates | 2 |
| The Moirai | 2 |
| the Fates | 2 |
| Atropos | 1 |
| Charlie (Clotho) | 1 |
| Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos | 1 |
| Fata (the Fates) | 1 |
| Greek Fate Clotho | 1 |
| Greek mythology Fates (Moirai) | 1 |
| Moirai (Greek) | 1 |
| Moirai (in some traditions) | 1 |
| Norns | 1 |
| Three Fates | 1 |
| the Three Fates | 1 |
| the three Fates | 1 |
| the three Moirai | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156989 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moirae Context triple: [Ancient Greek religion, hasConcept, Moirae]
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A.
Themis
Themis is the Greek Titaness and goddess of divine law, order, and prophetic wisdom, often associated with oracular sites such as Delphi.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Hecate
Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
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E.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moirae Target entity description: The Moirae are the three personified goddesses of fate in Greek mythology who determine the destinies and lifespans of gods and mortals alike.
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A.
Themis
Themis is the Greek Titaness and goddess of divine law, order, and prophetic wisdom, often associated with oracular sites such as Delphi.
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B.
Semele
Semele is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known as the mother of Dionysus by Zeus and for her tragic death upon seeing his divine form.
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C.
Celaeno
Celaeno is one of the Pleiad nymphs in Greek mythology, a daughter of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
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D.
Hecate
Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, crossroads, the night, and liminal spaces, often depicted as a powerful and mysterious protector and guide.
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E.
Electra
Electra is a figure in Greek mythology, traditionally known as one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek deities
ⓘ
goddesses of fate ⓘ group of deities ⓘ mythological characters ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Fates
ⓘ
Moirai ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
Three Fates ⓘ
linked to:
Moirae
|
| appliesTo |
gods
ⓘ
heroes ⓘ mortals ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ananke
ⓘ
Hades ⓘ Nyx ⓘ Themis ⓘ Underworld ⓘ Zeus ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
cosmic order
ⓘ
death ⓘ destiny ⓘ inevitability ⓘ necessity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| cultCenter |
Athens
ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Greek tragedy
ⓘ
Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Homer's Iliad ⓘ Homer's Odyssey ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ |
| equivalent | Parcae ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman Parcae
ⓘ
linked to:
Parcae
|
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| member |
Atropos
ⓘ
Clotho ⓘ Lachesis ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | apportioners ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 3 ⓘ |
| parent |
Themis
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ |
| partOf | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| possibleParent |
Ananke
ⓘ
Nyx ⓘ |
| role |
determiners of destiny
ⓘ
personifications of fate ⓘ regulators of lifespan ⓘ |
| symbol |
shears
ⓘ
spindle ⓘ thread ⓘ |
| worshipedIn | Ancient Greek religion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Moirae Description of subject: The Moirae are the three personified goddesses of fate in Greek mythology who determine the destinies and lifespans of gods and mortals alike.
Referenced by (61)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Legends of Tomorrow (TV series)
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